MBA Chart of the Week Jan. 7 2022: Insured Employment 2020-2021

This week’s MBA Chart of the Week highlights the steep rise in insured unemployment at the start of the pandemic (March 2020) and its steady decline through the fall of 2021 as the labor market improved (and related government financial support to households waned).

MBA Chart of the Week Jan. 7 2022: Insured Employment 2020-2021

This week’s MBA Chart of the Week highlights the steep rise in insured unemployment at the start of the pandemic (March 2020) and its steady decline through the fall of 2021 as the labor market improved (and related government financial support to households waned).

MBA Chart of the Week Dec. 23 2021: Percent of Current Loans

According to the MBA Monthly Loan Monitoring Survey, the share of loans in forbearance dropped to 1.67 percent of servicers’ portfolio volume as of November 30, after climbing to a monthly peak of 8.53 percent in May 2020.

MBA Chart of the Week Dec. 17 2021: Federal Reserve Dot Plots

This week’s MBA Chart of the Week traces the Federal Open Market Committee forecasts and long-run estimates of four key metrics that contribute to Fed decision-making and communication – GDP, inflation, unemployment and the Fed funds rate.